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1979 NC State

7–⁠4 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bo Rein.

Schedule and results

NC State in 1979, game by game: won vs. East Carolina 34–20; won vs. Virginia 31–27; won at West Virginia 38–14; won vs. Wake Forest 17–14; lost at Auburn 31–44; won vs. Maryland 7–0; lost vs. No. 19 North Carolina 21–35; won at Clemson 16–13; lost at South Carolina 28–30; lost vs. Penn State 7–9; won at Duke 28–7+24−14Won 34–20 vs. East Carolina+14East CarolinaWon 31–27 vs. Virginia+4VirginiaWon 38–14 at West Virginia+24West VirginiaWon 17–14 vs. Wake Forest+3Wake ForestLost 31–44 at Auburn-13AuburnWon 7–0 vs. Maryland+7MarylandLost 21–35 vs. No. 19 North Carolina-14No. 19 North CarolinaWon 16–13 at Clemson+3ClemsonLost 28–30 at South Carolina-2South CarolinaLost 7–9 vs. Penn State-2Penn StateWon 28–7 at Duke+21Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsEast CarolinaW 34–⁠2054%
Sep 15vsVirginiaW 31–⁠2783%
Sep 22atWest VirginiaW 38–⁠1477%
Sep 29vsWake ForestW 17–⁠1483%
Oct 6atAuburnL 31–⁠4457%
Oct 13vsMarylandW 7–⁠060%
Oct 20vs19North CarolinaL 21–⁠3564%
Oct 27atClemsonW 16–⁠1332%
Nov 3atSouth CarolinaL 28–⁠3048%
Nov 10vsPenn StateL 7–⁠951%
Nov 17atDukeW 28–⁠770%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The tied 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
  2. Wk 3: 19
  3. Wk 4: 16
  4. Wk 5: 14
  5. Wk 6: 17
  6. Wk 7: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1979.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Outland TrophyJim Ritcher, C

Consensus All-AmericanJim Ritcher, C

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
258–⁠213
Coach
Bo Rein
Elo
1607 +12 this season
SP+ rating
19.7 No. 18 of 135; offense No. 13, defense No. 33
SRS
13.7 No. 23 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 1Jim Ritcher CBuffalo Bills
Rd 6Chris Dieterich OTDetroit Lions

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State5–⁠17–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠28–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠27–⁠4
Wake Forest3–⁠28–⁠4
North Carolina3–⁠38–⁠3–⁠115
Virginia1–⁠46–⁠5
Duke0–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.